Microsoft Visual Studio workspace file
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Magic Bytes
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54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 54 65 58 2C
The Microsoft Visual Studio workspace (DSW) is a legacy configuration file format developed by Microsoft for managing development project structures. It was primarily used in Visual C++ 6.0 to organize multiple related projects and coordinate build dependencies within a single environment. While this text-based format is generally considered safe, it has been superseded by the modern Visual Studio Solution (.sln) format and is now functionally obsolete in contemporary software development.
Validation Code
How to validate .dsw files in Python
Python
def is_dsw(file_path: str) -> bool:
"""Check if file is a valid DSW by magic bytes."""
signature = bytes([0x54, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x54, 0x65, 0x58, 0x2C])
with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
return f.read(12) == signatureHow to validate .dsw files in Node.js
Node.js
function isDSW(buffer: Buffer): boolean {
const signature = Buffer.from([0x54, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x54, 0x65, 0x58, 0x2C]);
return buffer.subarray(0, 12).equals(signature);
}
Go
func IsDSW(data []byte) bool {
signature := []byte{0x54, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x54, 0x65, 0x58, 0x2C}
if len(data) < 12 {
return false
}
return bytes.Equal(data[:12], signature)
}API Endpoint
GET
/api/v1/dsw
curl https://filesignature.org/api/v1/dsw